Hushed App Offers Disposable Numbers for Android Phones

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Are you a drug dealer? A spy? Or perhaps just having an affair
while traveling overseas?

Whatever the case, the new Hushed app for Android lets you create
disposable phone numbers that you can use in 40 countries.

It's similar to the
Burner app for iPhones, except that Hushed transmits calls
over data connections rather than over regular phone lines.

Hence, Hushed's creators say the app works in most of western and
central Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South
Africa, instead of just the U.S. and Canada. (It also apparently
works in Bahrain, where the government has spied on dissidents.)

"Hushed is perfect for dating, job searches, short-term projects,
Craigslist, Twitter, Tumblr and other
social media, and for whenever else you want to be in touch
and want to keep it on a private line, or don't want to give out
your real number," says the official app description in Google
Play.

The Hushed app itself is free, but a U.S. or Canadian number
costs starts at 99 cents, and an overseas one starts at $1.99.
You'll pay a bit for incoming and outgoing calls as well.

Each number has its own voicemail and, in the U.S., U.K. and
Canada, SMS account as well. When the disposable numbers are
deleted, so are all voicemails and text
messages.

AffinityClick, the Canadian company that makes Hushed, says it's
working on a version for iOS.

The company also says Hushed is "private, safe and secure," but
doesn't explain how.

If you're looking for serious encryption for phone calls and text
messages, rather than just a burner number, it's probably best to
try RedPhone or TextSecure for Android, or Silent Phone and its
sibling Silent Text for iOS.